"Hey man, I can totally beat you, but, you know, I'm chill."
I.e., "We'll settle for what we've already stolen from you."
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@BenA Sadly for him, US weapons are starting to have a major impact on the front line, and Ukraine may not, in fact, be in a talking mood.
When your military doctrine for 1000 years has been to send poorly-trained soldiers into a meat grinder until you overwhelm your enemy, eventually that will wear thin.
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And I doubt that purging all of his top military commanders is helping the battlefield situation very much. Politically wise, strategically foolish.